Baltic University in Uzbekistan 12 SAIL for Teachers 13 Phd Students Conference 14 Belarus and Estonia 15 Conferences, Seminars & Events 2013 16 Organization 18

ANNUAL REPORT 2013

The Baltic University Programme

1 Baltic University Programme Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden Phone: +46-18-471 18 40 Fax: +46-18-471 17 89 E-mail: [email protected] Web page: www.balticuniv.uu.se

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2 The Baltic University Programme in 2013

Introduction

Baltic University Programme (BUP) activities started in 1991 as a platform for cooperation between universities, their staff and students with focus on a sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region. We fulfill our tasks in different ways; by organizing conferences and courses for teachers and students, and through developing new course materials and common projects. With these activities we are well situated as a Flagship project under the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, in which BUP has been given the task to enhance cooperation among Institutes of Higher Education in the region. In this respect, we can highlight the active participation of BUP students in the Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Re- gion in November in Vilnius. This year we can notice that the number of students reading the BUP-produced courses is higher than the year before. This is a very good sign. A large number of universities use the materials, which have be- come very easy to access because the BUP course materials are available on our website. The most re- cently constructed course, Sustainable development, has all its materials as well as a guide for teachers on the website for three levels; basic, medium and advanced. Voluntary contributions were introduced last year, to secure the secretariat and activities, that could no longer be supported by external project funding. We are very grateful for the positive reaction and support from the universities, their rectors and vice chancellors. We are encouraged to continue and also to develop new activities. One such new activity was the BUP PhD-students’ conference, which was for the first time held in October 2013. The next BUP Rectors’ conference, which will take place 22-24 October 2014 in Visby, Sweden, will follow up and give the overall guidelines for the future use of the voluntary contributions. At the same time we should not forget the great value of the support through local organization and co-financing of BUP activities at many universities through the years. For the first time we also introduced the course Maritime Spatial Planning for Professionals, wgich was organized in cooperation between three pan-Baltic organisations, VASAB, HELCOM and BUP. The course was an answer to a Baltic Sea regional competence development need, as the EU directive on maritime spatial planning will be adopted in 2014. At the same time the target group for such a course is spread over a large geographical area, which is why the BUP was invited by the VASAB-HELCOM working group on maritime spatial planning to coordinate the course. Two teachers’ training activities were organized during 2013. After sailing with students already since for 1998, we had for the first time had the opportunity to invite a group of 30 teachers on board the STS Frederyk Chopin, for a one week course during which the participants could learn about sustainability from and with each other. At the same time the group served as a hard working international crew on board the sailing ship. As the tour reached Visby on Gotland, a one-day visit was organized to Uppsala University- Campus Gotland, and the participants learned about the island and ongoing research in different areas of sustainable development. During the year two BUP international board meetings were organized. The main issues on the agenda were the new activities for the PhD-students and the upcoming BUP rectors’ conference. In spring Prof. Kerstin Sahlin, resigned as chair of the board, and Prof. Roland Roberts was appointed as the new chair. We warmly thank prof. Sahlin and welcome prof Roberts to the BUP board. Sincere acknowledgements also go the whole board and to the national centres’ and their directors for their dedicated work on the BUP during the year.

Paula Lindroos

3 Contents

Baltic University Programme 5 Financial Report 6 BUP Courses 7 Course Statistics 9 Student Conferences: Rogow 10 Student Conference: Vilnius 11 Baltic University in Uzbekistan 12 SAIL for Teachers 13 PhD Students Conference 14 Belarus and Estonia 15 Conferences, Seminars & Events 2013 16 Organization 18

4 The Baltic University Programme

The Baltic University Programme network has 232 members throughout the Baltic Sea region. The coordination secretariat of the Baltic University is placed at the Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development, Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University. During 2013 its focus has been on internationalisation, interdisciplinarity and sustainable development of universities, research and education in the region. The Baltic University arranges conferences, workshops and projects with researchers, teachers and students. The results from our projects, in which researchers and also stakeholders outside universities cooperate, developed into comprehensive and multidsciplinary educational resources on the theme sustainable development. The Flagship project Baltic University. In February 2013 the Action Plan of the Baltic Sea Strategy for the European Union was updated in which the task of the Baltic University has been strengthened through a new potential flagship project (Campus Greening). The Baltic University Programme offered students a more visible role with 39 students at- tending the annual forum of the Baltic Sea Regional Strategy which was held on 10-12 november 2013 in Vilnius. A group of students from the Baltic University will also participate in the Annual Forum next year in June in Turku.

Student Activity The following activities were arranged for students from the region during 2013:

1. The e-learning course Sustainable Water Management (SWM) was held at Uppsala University during the spring and 14 students participated. 2. The student conference Governance for Sustainable Development - new challenges for countries, cities, universities and students, was held 10-14 April in Rogow, Polen. At the spring conference a student parliament was arranged and an international student representative was elected to the board of the Baltic University Programme. The conference was arranged in cooperation with the Warsaw University of Agriculture and Lodz Technical University (BUP-centre in Poland). 80 students from the region participated. 3. Summer Academy: Challenges of Sustainable Development in Poland. A summer course was arranged in cooperation with the Sendzimir foundation, 7-27 July 2013 in Torun, Poland. 20 students participated. 4. During the summer BUP cooperated in the action Race for the Baltic (http://raceforthebaltic.com/home.php), which was arranged as a race by bike around the Baltic Sea. Roundtable discussions with decision makers were arranged at a number of places. A declaration was also submitted at the Helcom ministerial meeting in October 2013. 5. The course Sustainability Applied in International Learning (SAIL, 7,5 ECTS) was arranged by Uppsala University and took place between 10-24 August. 30 students participated. Together with an international team of 8 teachers they sailed and studied for two weeks on the Polish sailing ship STS Fryderik Chopin. 6. Sustainability and Waste Management. This summer course in Hamburg was arranged in cooperation with Hamburg University of Applied Sciences between 17-21 September. 25 students participated in the course. 7. The second student conference was arranged as a side event of “ The 4th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea region Baltic Sea, Baltic Growth, Baltic Environment”, between 10-13 November in Vilnius. 39 students from the region participated.

Teachers climbing the yardarms on STS Fryderik Chopin during SAIL Workshop and role-play “Amoeba” at Rogow Student Conference. for Teachers. Photo: Gloria Gallardo. Photo: Krzysztof Ciesielski.

5 Courses

Baltic University Programme has produced educational material for 11 courses: Baltic Sea Environment, A Sustaina- ble Baltic Region, Area Studies, Education for Change, English for Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Environmental Science, Sustainable Water Management, Sustainable Community Development, Sustainability Applied in International Learning, Ecosystem Health and Sustainable Agriculture. A new course material is now also available online, Sustainable Development. (http://www.balticuniv.uu.se/sustaina- bledevelopmentcourse). Baltic University educational material is used at the universities according to general course descriptions but also in parts as modules and as supplementary material at existing courses. Statistical figures from universities in the network are collected from teachers by the Baltic University centres in each country. During the last three years student participation in Baltic University courses averaged about 8,600 students. In addition many students participate in student conferences and in the SAIL and SWM courses. In conclusion it can be estimated that Baltic University engages about 9,000 students each year. This long-term cooperation and geographically wide and numerically large membership has developed into a solid platform that provides opportunities for continued cooperation as well as new activities and projects. In 2013 two new courses were introduced: the PhD-students’ course (27-30 October 2013). This course was initiated in response to a request for increased research cooperation. In 2013 the BUP board also decided to introduce the PhD Award, starting in 2014. The second new course was Maritime Spatial Planning for professionals (September-October 2013), which was organized in cooperation with VASAB and HELCOM.

Financial Report

OPERATIONAL REVENUES 2012 2013

1 983 193

Governments grants 4 662 146 4 114 856 Fees 140 989 256 718 Compensation from authorities/financiers -431 888 807 766 Other compensations 176 210 4 405

TOTAL REVENUES 4 547 457 5 183 745

COSTS Salaries -1 455 263 - 2 012 653 Travel and representation -378 357 -115 501 Other staff costs -379 - 25 128 Education, conference - 595 677 Local costs -84 692 -171 954 Other operating costs, goods -282 802 - 117 651 Other operating costs, services -161 715 -106 849 Depreciations

Redistribution common costs -1 799 500 -1 571 407

TOTAL COSTS -3 854 117 - 4 716 819

OPERATIONAL COSTS 162 389 466 926

CLOSING BALANCE 2 450 119

6 The courses are undergraduate and master’s level courses, as well as specialised BUP Courses courses for professionals and teachers. The task of the Baltic University Programme is to create a rich learning environment with books, films, Internet sites and conferences to study the development of the region. The courses are run separately by each university in the network. Students register at their home university, while course material is produced and distributed within the Programme. Student conferences, summer camps as well as the internet, connect the student groups in the network. We also organize several university teachers training courses each year to uphold a good standard of knowledge and to introduce new teachers to our materials and courses. During 2013, there were 8,193 students in a total of 282 course groups at 153 universities all over the Baltic Sea region studying BUP courses and there were 265 academic teachers contributing to delivering the courses.

International Education Baltic University Programme courses are international, multidisciplinary, problem-oriented, and based on ongoing research at the participating universities. The courses intend to give comprehensive knowledge on education for sustainable development, the environment and of the societies in the Baltic Sea Region. The courses are organized as an international cooperation within the network. In this way, we keep the best standard possible, considering that the topics chosen are so wide that no single university, East or West, has the competence needed to produce such a course on its own. The course groups in the different countries are offered possibilities to get in touch with each other, and to participate in common events, lectures and seminars. The Web Page & Course This introductory course is made in the The Secretariat web page (www.balti- open source learning platform Moodle Teachers and Students Conferences cuniv.uu.se) is intended to be a resource . A new course entitled Sustainable To support the university teachers in for both students and teachers. It con- Developement was developed during the network, seminars and conferences tains information on the courses and the 2012 by Prof. Lars Rydén. The course are arranged for various subject areas. course material, meetings and confer- material is now available at the BUP Each year we organize at least one ences, as well as the latest publications website. large teachers’ conference on education from the Baltic University Press. SAIL – Sustainability Applied in for sustainable development and one International Learning (7.5 ECTS) teacher training course on another sub- Comprehensive information on Edu- is an international course at Up- ject. In 2013 two conferences/teacher cation for Sustainable Development psala University on sustainabili- training workshops. Teachers get the (ESD) is found on the Finnish BUP ty organised by the Baltic University opportunity to discuss with colleagues web site www.bup.fi. Programme. 40 students and teachers on the BUP educational material, how from all countries within the Bal- to cooperate with other universities as In 2004, the Sustainable Water Man- tic Sea drainage area work, study, sail well as practitioners, how to build net- agement course (15 ECTS) was and live together on a sailing ship for works and how to address questions of launched as the first full distance mode 17 days. The education consists of sustainability. BUP course. All course material, (a to- workshops, seminars and group dis- tal of some 600 pages) can be down- cussions at sea on board. The students Students are invited to attend summer loaded as pdf-format documents from also participate as sailors and perform camps, sailing trips and other events or- the web page. Project tasks, internet watch duties on the ship around the ganized by the participating universities links, questions, and study groups, etc. clock. and the Baltic University Programme are available or organized over the Secretariat. Students’ conferences are homepage. See further: www.balticu- arranged regularly to promote con- niv.uu.se/swm. tacts, international understanding and democracy development. Since 2008 A web-based course called Concepts we have held both spring and autumn of Sustainability (COS) giving 5 ECTS Students conferences. credit points is offered by the Open University at Åbo Akademi University.

7 Undergraduate Level Master’s Level Environmental Science ES The ES courses give multidisciplinary overviews of the situation of the environment in the Baltic Sea region and on how to manage and protect it. The courses provide an excellent Sustainable Water Management SWM background for studying the Baltic The SWM courses are master’s level University courses on sustainable de- courses focusing on issues of sustain- velopment. The 15 ECTS course can able use of water and water resourc- be divided into two modules which es in the Baltic Sea region. Students can be studied separately: should preferably have a background Environmental Science (15 ECTS) in e.g., hydrology, geology, physical I. The Baltic Sea Environment (7.5 geography, agronomy, soil science, ECTS) forestry or environmental engineer- II. Basic Environmental Science (7.5 ECTS) ing. The full SWM course consists of three modules, which can be studied English for Environmental Science EE separately: This is an intermediate level English Sustainable Water Management (15 ECTS) language course that develops com- I. The Baltic Waterscape (4.5 ECTS) prehension, vocabulary and skills of II. Water Use & Management (4.5 ECTS) Country Universities Teachers Study groups Students BSE POB SBR SWM SCD EE EM EHSA Others expression. Terminology used in en- III. River Basin Management (6 ECTS) Finland 3 4 9 276 74 0 15 14 0 0 0 0 173 vironmental studies is explained and Sustainable Water Management can Estonia 5 7 38 1183 13 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 1135 also be studied as an internet course practised. Latvia 3 6 11 506 0 0 34 20 0 0 0 0 452 at Uppsala University. Lithuania 14 24 17 465 146 70 196 0 0 0 41 0 12 The Baltic Sea Region Area Studies AS Community Development CD NW Russia 9 26 14 200 60 31 24 0 24 21 22 0 18 The AS courses treat the Baltic Sea Kaliningrad 3 12 12 377 0 0 85 0 15 0 7 0 270 region and its societies under eight The CD courses are master’s level Belarus 26 45 49 1978 402 88 1203 90 0 32 58 0 105 headings: history, culture, language, courses focusing on sustainable com- democracy, multiculturality, social munity development and urban plan- Ukraine 10 34 30 403 0 88 168 0 9 78 21 0 39 conditions, economics and security. ning with an emphasis on the Baltic Slovak Rep. 3 9 10 427 9 41 39 18 0 0 0 167 153 Sea region. The courses are interdis- The courses deal mostly with the con- Czech Rep. 1 9 18 493 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 355 ciplinary, problem oriented and pre- ditions in the region after the systems Poland 61 69 62 1444 197 200 556 49 190 8 25 137 82 change in 1989-91. Regional develop- paratory for a professional career. The Germany 8 10 5 211 54 21 12 0 17 35 18 0 54 ment is in focus with emphasis on de- course Community Development (15 mocracy, human rights and economics. ECTS) includes three modules: Norway 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I. The City (4.5 ECTS) The Baltic Sea Region (15 ECTS) Denmark 3 5 3 60 0 0 0 0 20 0 40 0 0 II. Building Sustainable Communities I. Peoples of the Baltic (7.5 ECTS) Sweden 3 4 4 170 0 0 0 9 75 0 0 0 86 (4.5 ECTS) II. Regional development and the Bal- III. Urban Sustainability Management TOTAL 153 265 282 8193 955 574 2332 200 350 174 370 304 2934 tic Sea region (7.5 ECTS) (6 ECTS) A Sustainable Baltic Region SBR Environmental Management EM The course deals with sustainable use Ecosystem Health and Sustainable and management of natural resources The EM courses address management Agriculture EHSA in all kinds of organizations, although and long-term protection of the envi- The EHSA courses address the field industries are in focus. They are well ronment. Important issues in the course of rural development, sustainable ag- adapted for competence development are energy and energy use, material riculture and animal health pertain- of professionals. The course consists flows, economy and ethics, industry, ag- ing to the Baltic Sea Region and to of four modules: riculture, transport and community de- some degree also the Great Lakes re- Environmental Management (30 ECTS) velopment. (7.5 ECTS) gion. The course consists of three I. Policy Instruments for Environmen- modules: tal Management (7.5 ECTS) Sustainability Applied in Internation- Environmental Management (30 ECTS) II. Cleaner Production and Technolo- al Learning SAIL I. Sustainable Agriculture (7.5 ECTS). gies (7.5 ECTS), II. Ecology and Animal Health (7.5 A course at Uppsala University on III. Product Design & Life Cycle As- ECTS), sustainability organised by the Baltic sessment (7.5 ECTS) III. Rural Development and Land Use (7.5 University Programme. The education I V. Environmental Management Sys- consists of workshops, seminars and ECTS). tems and Certification (7.5 ECTS). group discussions on board a sailing ship. (7,5 ECTS)

8 The yellow column below shows the number of students on the BUP courses, in the different countries. Course BSE - Baltic Sea Environment/Environmental Science POB - Peoples of the Baltic/Regional Development SBR - A Sustainable Baltic region SWM - Sustainable Water Management Statistics SCD - Sustainable Community Development EE - Environmental English EM - Environmental Management EHSA - Ecosystem Health and Sustainable Agriculture Others - number of students in courses using the BUP 10000 material as 50% of total course materials 9000 8000 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 -01 -02 -03 -04 -05 -06 -07 -08 -09 -10 -11 -12 -13 1000 Total amount of students 2001-2013.

Number of students on the different course sectors:

Country Universities Teachers Study groups Students BSE POB SBR SWM SCD EE EM EHSA Others Finland 3 4 9 276 74 0 15 14 0 0 0 0 173 Estonia 5 7 38 1183 13 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 1135 Latvia 3 6 11 506 0 0 34 20 0 0 0 0 452 Lithuania 14 24 17 465 146 70 196 0 0 0 41 0 12 NW Russia 9 26 14 200 60 31 24 0 24 21 22 0 18 Kaliningrad 3 12 12 377 0 0 85 0 15 0 7 0 270 Belarus 26 45 49 1978 402 88 1203 90 0 32 58 0 105 Ukraine 10 34 30 403 0 88 168 0 9 78 21 0 39 Slovak Rep. 3 9 10 427 9 41 39 18 0 0 0 167 153 Czech Rep. 1 9 18 493 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 355 Poland 61 69 62 1444 197 200 556 49 190 8 25 137 82 Germany 8 10 5 211 54 21 12 0 17 35 18 0 54 Norway 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Denmark 3 5 3 60 0 0 0 0 20 0 40 0 0 Sweden 3 4 4 170 0 0 0 9 75 0 0 0 86 TOTAL 153 265 282 8193 955 574 2332 200 350 174 370 304 2934

370 354 344 303

281 278 281 268 267 274 269 282 246 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total number of BUP study groups from all courses.

9 Student

Rogow

line and concerned integrated dimensions of sustainable governance and leadership and was given by Björn Grön- holm, Head of Environmental and Sustainable Develop- ment Secretariat, Union of the Baltic Cities. Most of the time during the second day students spent on Pyramide Workshop, which was conducted by Marcus Will, Univer- sity of Applied Sciences in Zittau/Görlitz, who introduced them to the pragmatic way of implementing sustainability concepts into strategic decisions in different kind of organisations, taking all the time into consideration four aproaches: nature, economy, society and well-being. The last activity this day was poster presentation, when students from each country could show the rest how the sustainability goals are reached by their home universities, municipalities or countries. The participants spent the third day of the conference in Łódź. In Łódź University of Technology they traditionally took part in an Oxford Debate with the topic ’Is the democratic system a guarantee for a good environment’. Divided into two groups students were discussing these issues very actively, with a help of Prof. Tomasz Brańka who took care of the debate. The afternoon was scheduled for

Rogow Student Conference. Photo: Krzysztof Ciesielski. non-scientific activities, such as the visit in Łódź Film and Theatre School with some students’ film projections in- cluded and then free time at Manufaktura - postindustrial revitalised art/shopping/entertainment centre. Traditionally, the spring students conference was held in Back in Rogów, students spent the last day of the con- Rogów (Poland) in April 2013. This time the main topic ference paticipating in one more workshop called AMOE- was governance supporting sustainable development of BA and focused on generating and promoting innovation countries, cities and universities. 66 participants represen- for sustainable development. It was conducted by Karo- ted 12 nationalities of Baltic Sea Region. Thus, there were lina Maliszewska, Joanna Klak and Marcin Walkow from many different approaches to the subject and it gave a huge Sendzimir Foundation. At the afternoon the Students’ Par- possibility to exchange sometimes contradictory experien- liament was held, in which all the paricipants could openly ces and views on this matter. present their proposals or ideas for improvement of BUP The first day, after welcoming speeches of the organ- activities. The very last procedure of the meeting was the isers, prof. Ireneusz Zbiciński, BUP Center for Poland Di- democratic elections of the next BUP students’ represent- rector and Dr Paula Lindros, the BUP Director, the stu- ative that was finally chosen from five candidates. The clos- dents were introduced to the fundamental knowledge of ing of the conference was followed by outdoor warm up the mosaic of societies of Baltic Sea Region by Prof. Victor with bonfire and traditionally Polish food and also disco till Shadursky from Belarussian State University. The online very late night hours. lecture made the students familiar with complexity and On Sunday all participants went back to Warsaw with a diversity of Baltic Sea Region when it comes to social and lot of theoretical and practical knowledge about sustaina- cultural aspects of governance. ble develeopment and its governmental context, but what’s The next day of the conference, apart from two lec- even more important with new friends and connections tures, was dedicated to student activities and practical ses- that will help to implement equally this knowledge within sions. The first lecture was about ways of greening cam- whole Baltic Sea Region through future cooperation. puses and sustainable governance in business conducted by Prof. Bernard Delakovitz from University of Applied Marek Szponik Sciences in Zittau/Görlitz. The other lecture was held on- Poznan University of Economics

10 Conferences

Vilnius

The BUP students’ autumn conference 2013 took place in Vilnius, the beautiful capital of Lithuania. 2013 was a special year for Lithuania. Every six months an EU member state has responsibility to assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union – In July 2013 Lithuania took over the rotating Presidency from Ireland. 2013 was also a special year for the students participating in the conference – 39 students from 11 of the Baltic Sea Region countries went to Vilnius and thus they participated in the 4th An- nual Forum of the EU Strategy of the Baltic Sea Region, EUSBSR. In accordance with the EUSBSR the topic of the autumn conference was Baltic Sea, Baltic Growth, Baltic En- vironment. With introduction lectures by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Linas Kliucininkas, Assist. prof. Dr. Kristina Matuzeviciute and Dr. Paula Lindroos the students were introduced to the topic and the upcoming workshops, plenar sessions and seminars held by the EUSBSR. The students were asked to prepare questions for a meeting with the Commissioner for Regional Policy – Johannes Hahn. They were also asked to write down ideas and thoughts to a students declaration – a declaration that was given to the commissioner during the meeting. The meeting with the Commissioner went well and the declaration was appreciated. Over the following days the students participated in several seminars Photo: Dmitry Pyanov and workshops - the students from BUP were active and asked very good questions to the speakers. After days filled with interesting and sometimes a bit frustrating seminars was the very practical side of this Forum, its organisation. we were all invited to a fantastic dinner including song and They were surprised how a political event promoting sus- dance. tainability goals could be organised itself in such an unsus- Before leaving a rainy Vilnius we discussed what was tainable manner, concerning procurement standards, food, good about the seminars and what could have been better. transport or even garbage segregation. All these this things In summation the students perceived the chance to par- made them start to wonder what was the main point of ticipate in such a high level event as a great experience. It the conference. was very interesting to meet in person many EU officials In conclusion, the students were pleased to be a part of and people that are responsible for creating the EU poli- the Annual Forum but would like to see improvements of cy that concerns us all. Furthermore, the students felt that the organisation and of the content of the seminars, plenar the concept of Annual Forum meetings is opening the great sessions and workshops. possibility to dialogue between generations and different Despite the mixed feelings after the days in Vilnius I social and economical groups. Despite the general positive believe that it was a good experience and that the 39 stu- impression after the Vilnius Annual Forum, the students still dents went home with a deeper insight of how EU officials see some room for improvements. The biggest disappoint- and people that are responsible for creating the EU policy ment concerned the actual substance of most of the semi- are operating in reality. nars, panel sessions and workshops – their content was not informative enough. Basically the information that was given Caroline Norman was too general, not about concrete results, achievements, Students representative of BUP-board 2013-2014 decisions or actions, not referring to the real and conrete problems or questions of environment and society. The students were also lacking social and health re- lated issues. The other thing they would like to highlight

11 Baltic University in Uzbekistan

Baltic University Programme has since long cooperated with university networks for sustainable development in several regions of the world, such as Medies, which works on ESD in the Mediterranean region, SAUNET, The Sustainable Africa University Network, and a group of Asian universities concerned with sustainable urban development coordinated by Yokohama City University. In 2013 a new cooperation funded by the TEMPUS programme of EU started. The project, called UZWATER, aims to develop a master programme in environmental science and sustainable development with focus on water management at eight Uzbekistan universities. Water management is a key concern in Uzbekistan, illustrated by the decline of the Aral Sea, perhaps the largest environmental disaster on the planet, and a main reason Sher-Dor Madrasah in Registan Square, Samarkand. Photo: Lars Rydén. for the project. The main objective of the project is to introduce a Master level study program in environmental science and sustainable development with focus on water management in eight Uzbekistan universities.

The specific objectives of the project are to:

• to establish study centers at the partner universities in Uzbekistan; two of these more specialized; • to improve the capacity to train master students with expertise to address the severe environmental and water management problems of the country; • to support the introduction and use in Uzbekistan Market in Bukhara. Photo: Lars Rydén. of modern education methods, study materials, and elearning tools; • to encourage international cooperation at the partner universities; • to strengthen capacities to provide guidance to authorities and the Uzbekistan society at large; • to ensure the visibility and promotion of the Master Programme through web pages, printed material and cooperation with society; • to ensure continuity of the Master Programme and long-term support of the project outcomes at partner universities beyond Tempus funding.

Uzwater participants in front of Tempus Uzwater National Centre During a few days at the end of May a delegation from 8 for Sustainable Water Resources Management at Samarkand State Universities in Uzbekistan travelled to Uppsala for a study Architectural and Civil Engineering Institute. Photo: Lars Rydén. visit at CSD Uppsala and the BUP secretariat. On 18-26 October a delegation of 13 from the EU partners visited Uzbekistan. Six universities and the three legendary cities The consortium of the Uzwater project consists of 6 Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara were visited. EU partners, all from the BUP network, and 8 Uzbek The Uzwater project will continue until 2015. We hope universities from all over the country. The EU partners are that by then the Uzbek partners will have formed a solid Kaunas University of Technology, KTU (grant holder), Latvian network of universities. If so there are all possibilities to University in Riga, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, contribute to sustainable development in Central Asia. Uppsala University, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, in Stockholm and finally the Swedish Aral Sea Society. In Lars Rydén, Baltic University Programme, Uppsala University. Uzbekistan 2 universities in Tashkent, 3 in Samarkand, 1 in Linas Kliučininkas, Kaunas University of Technology Bukhara, 1 in Urgench and 1 in Nukus (closest to the Aral Sea) take part. All details are found on the webpage of the project (www.uzwater.ktu.lt).

12 SAIL for Teachers

Researchers and teachers in higher education from different disciplines and universities from the Baltic region had the opportunity to sail on board the sailing ship Fryderyk Cho- pinuring some wonderful days in May (17-24). The theme of this educational course at sea was Teaching for a Sustainabil- ity Future. The trip started in Gdansk saling to Visby with a visit to Campus Gotland and then back to Poland. The combination of physical collaboration in the sailing situation and the intellectual exchange during the workshops formed an interesting forum for learning. In advance, the- matic groups were set up by the course coordinators. These groups were responsible for one workshop each in which the theme-group members presented their own research; the pluralities of research angles, various perspectives and the multiple of disciplines, made these presentations most fruitful. Each group had previously to make acquaintance Sailor Dr Gloria Gallardo on the Baltic Sea. Photo: Kristina Boreback. with the other group mates, find out what kind of research they were working with and enable a common workshop. In our group, the participants were a Polish marine biologist, “An excellent idea of sharing experience, different a Chilean sociologist, a Swedish environmental pedagogue points of view, interpretations by teachers of different and a Russian economist. Each of the groups did their own variation of workshop, none of them was equal to the next; backgrounds, from different countries, in different age. making all the workshops highly exciting for all of us. The sea changed the perspective totally and made this One of the most active and instructive workshops was meeting unforgettable. It was a unique, unusual, fantastic the one that had the purpose to improve education for sus- time and an opportunity for personal development” tainability by giving concrete suggestions. The results aimed (from the summary of evaluation) to be in practice in a planned education for sustainability at one of the participating universities. Shaped as multiple meeting platforms, each group with one issue had the task to list suggestions and then rapidly split into new groups. The last person coming to a new meeting-platform was responsible to lead the new meeting and of the notes, and so on until the round was complete for all the participants. This way, every theme had the suggestions from the individuals of all groups. During the presentations, we found several ways to cooperate in different teaching activities and perhaps enable research collaborations in the future. Though the wind was calm and the sails slacken, the creative intellectual winds in the group set the sails on top for the Baltic University Pro- gram Teachers Training. Summa sumarum: This international teachers training combined with sailing was an excellent al- ternative to intellectual and manual work that literally had all of us on board. Editor’s note: Due to the success of SAIL for Teachers we would like to repeat it next year – the tall ship ”Fryderyk Chopin” is already booked for the 17-24 of May, 2014, and we hope for continuous financial support for our plans from the authorities of Uppsala University. The summer course SAIL for Students went in August this year from Szczecin, Poland to Bergen, Norway. A new SAIL course is planned for next year and ”Fryderyk Chopin” will sail with our students and teachers from Gdynia to Szczecin, Poland, from 18th August to 1st September, 2014.

Kristina Boreback, CSD Uppsala (Cefo) Gloria L. Gallardo Fernandez, CSD Uppsala (Cefo)

13 PhD Students Conference “Interdisciplinary Multicultural International”

The very first BUP PhD Students Conference “Interdisciplinary – Multicultural – International” was held the 27-30 October in Rogow, Poland. As everything in BUP activities, the formula of the conference was innovative and challenging. The conference’s three main elements were: training, PhD thesis consul- tancy and scientific presentations of the theses. The biggest challenge, however, was to combine and make comprehensible diverse topics from engineering, life sciences and humani- ties comprehensible to all the participants at the conference. The conference started with an opening address from ViceRector for Innovations of Lodz University of Technolo- gy, Prof. Piotr Kula, a presentation of the BUP by Dr Paula Lindroos, (Skype) and an opening key lecture on Sustainable Development by Prof. Lars Rydén. The second day started with short trainings on how to write scientific papers, how to prepare really bad (!) Power Point Presentations, how to prepare a good Poster and it finished with a lecture on communi- cation challenges in science. After the course, we started a workshop where PhD work as well as PPT presentations and composition of the student’s posters were consulted by experts; 1 hour for each student was given to discussion with the expert. The evening ended with robust discussion and comments with experts’ team. The next day looked like a typical scientific conference day: each student delivered a 15 minutes presentation, followed by 5 minutes discussion and ending with common discussion that was moderated by experts. Finally 23 PhD thesis were presented on diverse topics, from ”Death on the Internet. The Meaning of Death in the World of Web 2.0” or ”Ener- gy transfer in systems of coupled oscillators” to the hot topic: ”A policy of sustainable ecological-economic development Justina Zykevičiute-Laugks from Aleksandras Stulginskis University in of Ukraine under the conditions of integration towards the Kaunas, Lithuania presenting her thesis Quality assessment of organic EU”. Excellent moderation of discussion from experts made and conventional agricultural production of plant products. Photo: the presentations comprehensible and open for scientific dis- Krzysztof Ciesielski. cussion. This demanding day finished with a bonfire and dancing.

The students highly evaluated the conference stressing the unique opportunity to have individual consultations with experts; possibilities to meet the other PhD students and experts with many good advices for improvements of the PhD thesis, constructive criticism, encouragement and profession- alism of the experts. I want to express my gratitude to the experts team: Bernd Delakowitz, Marcus Will (Germany), Matthew Kott, Lars Ry- dén, (Sweden), Tomasz Branka, Miroslaw Imbierowicz, Paw- el Wawrzyniak, Wojciech Wolf, Dariusz Heim (Poland) for a great job and meeting all the challenges of the conference.

Ireneusz Zbicinski Participating PhD students and scientific experts. Photo: Krzysztof Lodz University of Technology Ciesielski.

14 Belarus and Estonia Educational Visits and University Cooperation

Under the framework of the Baltic University Program, we report on the educational visit of the students and professors of the Belarusian State University to Tallinn University of Technology.

Since 2005, it has been a tradition to have an educational vis- The cultural side of the educational visit consists of the it to Tallinn. In May 2013, a group of students and professors of study of sights/landmarks in Tallinn and Estonia. The most no- the Belarusian State University (BGU) visited the Tallinn Uni- table visiting places in Tallinn are the old city, Kadriorg park, versity of Technology (TTU). Previously, at their home Uni- Pirita and the place where the Estonian National Song Festi- versity, the students took the course „The Baltic Sea region: vals are held. politics, culture, society“ and the educational trip was a part of The Tallinn University of Technology also has several colleg- the course. Students and teachers from BGU come to Tallinn es. This time there was a visit to Virumaa College, which is sit- by bus. During the bus journey, the participants listed to addi- uated in Kohtla Järve. On the way to Kohtla Järve the group tional lectures about regional development (the political map has visited an oil shale mine, so the students could see how of the Baltic region, modern political institutions, the activities the mining technology has developed as well as see the mining of regional organizations). During the visit to Tallinn, the stu- technology in action. The students even rode a mining trol- dents were given lectures on the socioeconomic issues of the ley, so they could feel like they are the workers there. The Baltic States. The students showed a great interest in different director of Virumaa College gave a lecture about the social- aspects of the issues. Besides the lectures, they saw Tallinn Uni- economic development of the region and gave a tour to the versity of Technology, its working and living facilities, as well as educational facilities of the College. its library. A significant part of the visit has always been devoted Being in this part of Estonia, it is impossible not to visit Narva, to meetings with the students of TUT. Each year, this aspect of the border city of the European Union and the Russia Federation. the study trip is plays an important role for both sides, because This city is rather important for both countries from an historical the list of represented countries is expanding. For example, in point of view and as a platform for the future cooperation. the beginning, there were only students from Belarus and Es- This course and this educational trip would not have been tonia. The most recent meeting had a broader geography with possible if Professors Tanja Põlajeva and Victor Shadurski students from Belarus, Estonia, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Turk- would not have considered and implemented innovative tools menistan, Azerbaidzan, Finland, Germany, and Nigeria. of education. There were also discussions concerning the possibilities of cooperation between the two countries in different spheres. This T. Põlajeva; V. Shadurski interest has caused the discussion concerning education in two countries: new approaches and opportunities of cooperation.

15 Conferences, Seminars & Events 2013

The calendar for 2013 below shows an overview of the activities in the BUP network taking place in addition to the courses presented on pages 5-7. These activities include students’ conferences, teachers and other professional competence development, meetings and study visits. More than 300 students, teachers and professionals have participated in the conferences and courses organized by the BUP. In addition about 70 persons took part in the study visits organized during the year.

Country/ Belarus Czech Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Latvia Lithuania Norway Poland Russia Slovak Sweden Ukraine Total Activity rep rep Students 15 12 1 4 10 9 17 8 24 14 9 16 14 195 conferences

Teachers & 7 3 3 5 35 2 6 6 2 17 9 7 28 2 132 professionals competence development

MSP Planning Meeting Uzwater: Study visit Maritime Spatial Planning for 10 Jan 2013 27 - 31 May Professionals Group meeting by Skype. Uppsala, Sweden 9 Sep 2013 Course start SWM Course Starts BUP Centre Directors Meeting 21 Jan 2013 17 – 19 Jun 2013 Sustainability and Waste The Sustainable Water Management Nagawki, Poland Management course in the distance mode starts 17 – 21 Sep 2013 at Uppsala University. Hamburg, Germany Northern Water Problems A Summer Course on Sustainability Uzwater: Kick-off Meeting Institute Study visit and Waste Management. 22-24 January 6-13 July Kaunas, Lithuania Uppsala, Sweden Maritime Spatial Planning for Professionals: Part 2, Seminar Students’ Conference Summer Academy: Challenges 23 – 25 Sep 2013 10 – 14 Apr 2013 of Sustainable Development in Gdansk, Poland Rogow, Poland Poland 2013 7 – 27 Jul 2013 Uzwater: Steering Committee MSP Project, Final planning Torun, Poland Meeting meeting Summer course by Sendzimir 19-22 October 22 April 2013 foundation Samarkand, Uzbekistan Malmö, Sweden Baltic Artek PhD Students Workshop / Uzwater: Study visit 1 – 5 Aug 2013 Training 22-26 April Kaliningrad, Russia 27 – 30 Oct 2013 Stockholm, Sweden An international youth camp on the Rogow, Poland Baltic Sea side. BUP workshop: Web based Maritime Spatial Planning for educational material for SD SAIL 2013 Professionals: Part 4, Seminar 23 Apr 2013 10 – 24 Aug 2013 28 – 30 Oct 2013 Uppsala University, Uppsala, opn board STS Fryderyk Chopin. Malmö, Sweden Sweden The cruise started in Szczecin, Poland and ended in Bergen, Nordic and BUP Seminar on BUP Denmark and Nordic Norway via Ærøskøbing, Denmark Sustainability Countries meeting and Uddevalla, Sweden 5 – 6 Nov 2013 25 Apr 2013 Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Roskilde University, Denmark Uzwater: Study visit Finland 8-13 September SAIL - Teachers Training on Riga, Latvia BUP Students’ Conference board STS Fryderyk Chopin. 10 – 12 Nov 2013 17 – 24 May 2013 Uzwater: Study visit Vilnius, Lithuania Baltic Sea, from Gdynia to Visby and 8-11 September Side event to the annual meeting of back. Warsaw, Poland the EU strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. BUP Board Meeting Uzwater: Study visit 17 May 2013 11-13 September BUP Board Meeting Uppsala, Sweden Kaunas, Lithuania 6 December 2013 Uppsala, Sweden

16 Uzbek study visit to Uppsala University. Photo: Lars Rydén. Uzbek university colleagues cooking food during study visit to Uppsala 27-31 May. Photo: Lars Rydén.

Karolina Maliszewska from Sendzimir Foundation lecturing on SAIL for teachers. Kristina Börebäck and colleagues on deck saling on Innovation and Strategy for Sustainable Development and introducing STS Fryderik Chopin 17-24 May. Photo: Gloria Gallardo. the workshop/role-play “Amoeba” at Rogow Student Conference. Photo: Krzysztof Ciesielski.

Elizaveta Navoschik from Belarusian State University Presenting thesis at Dr Marcus Will from Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences PhD Student Conference in Rogow. Photo: Krzysztof Ciesielski. lecturing at Rogow Student Conference. Photo: Krzysztof Ciesielski.

Evening exercise at Rogow Student Conference. Photo: Krzysztof BUP meeting on education for sustainable development in Turku. Photo: Ciesielski. Christian Andersson

17 Organization

The Baltic University Programme is led by an international board, appointed for a period of three years by the Vice-chanchellor of Uppsala University. The task of the board is to develop the contents and long term policy of the Programme, as well as to follow and support its implementation at the participating universities and institutions. Furthermore, the board works for the financing of the Programme and decides on its plan of activities. The day-to-day activities are coordinated by the secretariat located at Uppsala University. The secretariat also administers the Programme economy, including applying for financing and contacts with the funding organizations. The 15 centres distribute information on courses and develop Programme activities within their countries. All countries have one national centre, except Russia, which has centres in St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad and Germany, which has centres in Hamburg and Zittau.

The National Centres 2013 The Secretariat 2013

Director: Paula Lindroos, PhD

Belarus Network Manager: Maria Hejna, MSc. Econ., Belarusian State University, Minsk Centre Director: Siharei Darozhka, Assoc. Prof. Web Master: Christian Andersson, PhD Producer: Magnus Lehman, MA, Czech Republic Project Assistant: Lyudmyla Babak, MA Technical University of Ostrava Project Assistant: Wojciech Szrubka, PhD Centre Director: Alena Labodova, Dr. Professor Emeritus: Lars Rydén, Professor Denmark Project Leader: Genene Mulugeta, PhD Aarhus University Centre Director: Henrik Knudsen, Assoc. Prof. Estonia Tallinn University of Technology The BUP Board 2013 Centre Director: Tatyana Polayeva, Prof. Finland Åbo Akademi University Chairs: Kerstin Sahlin, Professor Centre Director: Ea Maria Blomqvist, MSc Uppsala University, Sweden (to July 2013) Germany Roland Roberts, Professor Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Uppsala University, Sweden (from July 2013) Centre Director: Walter Leal, Prof. University of Applied Sciences, Zittau/Görlitz, Members: Bernd Delakowitz, Prof. Lars Holmer, Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden Latvia University of Latvia, Riga Matthew Kott, Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden Centre Director: Kristine Abolina, Dr Ian Snowball, Professor, Uppsala University Lithuania Per G. Berg, Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Kaunas University of Technology Sciences, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden Centre Director: Linas Kliucininkas, Assoc. Prof. Carl Lindberg, UNESCO special advisor Poland Technical University of Lodz Maria Wetterstrand, Former chair of the Green Party, Centre Director: Ireneusz Zbicinski, Prof. Sweden Russia Malin Brännback, Professor, Vice Rector, Åbo Akademi Kaliningrad region University, Finland Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Ireneusz Zbicinski, Professor, Vice Rector, Centre Director: Elena Kropinova, Dr Technical University of Lodz, Poland North-Western region Tatyana Polayeva, Professor, St Petersburg State University Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Centre Director: Victor Ionov, Prof. Victor Ionov, Professor, St Petersburg State University, Slovak Republic St. Petersburg, Russia Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra : Centre Director: Alexander Feher, Assoc. Prof. Student representatives Caroline Norman, Uppsala University, Sweden Sweden Blekinge University of Technology, Karlskrona Kirill Zinin, Euroakadeemia, Estonia (to July 2013) Centre Director: Lars Emmelin, Prof. Marek Szponik, Poznan University of Economics, Poland Ukraine (from July 2013) Ivan Franko National University of Lviv Centre Director: Iryna Kriba, Dr

18 The BUP Network

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